Stand for high chairs



B. FELSH ER STAND FOR 'HIGH CHAIRS March 29, 1949.

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INYENTOR Ben 62mm Feb/Ber A+TORNEY Patented Mar. 29, 1949 UNITED STATESFTENT QFFICE STAND FOR HIGH CHAIRS Benjamin Felsher, New York, N. Y.

Application September 4, 1945, Serial No. 614,099

14 Claims. 1

This invention relates to stands for high chairs. It is particularlydirected to an improved stand which may be used in conjunction with theseat of a baby walker such as shown in my Patents No. 2,115,257, issuedApril 26, 1938, for Baby walker convertible into high chair, and No.2,360,- 483, issued October 17, 1944, for Baby Walker convertible intohigh chair.

An object of this invention is to provide a stand of the characterdescribed which may be easily collapsed and which when so collapsed willstand upright.

Another object of this invention is to provide a stand of the characterdescribed comprising a front leg member, a bottom suppport pivoted tothe lower end thereof and connected thereto by braces, and a seatpivoted to the upper end of the front leg member and braced inhorizontal position, said bottom member being swingable upwardly towardthe front leg members and the seat being swingable downwardly, and saidstand being adapted to stand by itself in upright position whencollapsed.

Yet a further object of this invention is to provide a stand of thecharacter described to which the seat portion of a baby walker may beeasily attached to form a high chair.

Yet another object of this invention is to pro vide a strong, compactand durable device of the character described which shall be easy tocollapse and set up, which shall be relatively inexpensive tomanufacture, and yet practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possibleillustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a stand embodying the invention inset up condition for use;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the stand;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the stand in collapsed or folded condition;

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the stand in folded condition;

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 56 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 'l- 'I of Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a side view of a high chair embodying the invention andillustrating a modified form of seat; and

Fig. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 6 butillustrating a modified construction.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, l0 designates a stand for a highchair embodying the invention. The same comprises a front leg member II.Said front leg member comprises a pair of downwardly, forwardly andoutwardly inclined, symmetrical legs l2. Said legs l2 are interconnectedby a lower horizontal cross bar it and an upper horizontal cross bar M.Attached to the lower ends of the legs I2 and extending rearwardlytherefrom and disposed below bar l3 are angle brackets l5, each havingan upwardly extending arm I50. riveted or otherwise fixed to the leg,and a rearwardly extending arm l5b disposed above the lower end of theleg.

Hinged to the rear ends of the arms I51) are aligned hinges 16. Attachedto the hinge members I6 is a three-sided bottom support H. The bottomsupport I! comprises parallel side members l8 and a rear horizontalmember l9. Member l9 may be attached to the rear ends of members [8 bymeans of angle brackets 20 and corner plates 2 I, or in any othersuitable manner. Members l8 are attached to the hinges it by screws 22.The hinges it are spaced rearwardly of the forward ends I80. of membersl8.

The hinges 15 are so spaced that when member I1 is swung upwardly to theposition shown in Fig. 4, the lower ends [80. of members l8 will contactthe fioor to retain the folded stand in upright position.

It will thus be seen that the distance from arms l5b of brackets E5 tothe lower ends of legs 52 is substantially similar to the distance fromsaid arms of said brackets to the lower ends of members H3. The hingesl6 swing about horizontal axes 24. On each hinge plate it is arearwardly extending hook 25 for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

Attached to the underside of the corners formed between members l8 and[9 are short projections 26 which serve as legs to engage the floor whenthe stand is set up. Attached to the outer side of each of the legs 12is a headed pin 30 for the purpose hereinafter appearing. Rotatable oneach member I8 is a collar or strap 3| carrying a horizontal pivot pin32 above said member. Pivoted on each pivot pin 32 is a metal bar orbrace member 34. At the upper end of each brace member 3:; is a notch 35to engage one of the pins 36. The brace members 34 thus retain legmember H in set up condition.

It will now be understood that braces 34 may be disengaged from pins 33and swung downwardly to horizontal position extending diagonally ofmember ll. Braces 34 thus cross each other and may engage within hooks25.

Straps 3i rotate about members 58 but are retained against shiftinglengthwise by screws or other projections 37 screwed into said member.

Means is provided to prevent brace 34 from accidentally becomingdislodged from engagement with pins 30. To this end there is mounted oneach of members l2 above pins 36, brackets 38, each carrying a pivot pin39 perpendicular to said leg member. Hinged on each pivot 39 is an angleplate 48 adapted to be swung downwardly into engagement with the outeredge of brace 34 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. The angleplates 40 prevent the brace members from becoming accidentallydislodged. However, when the stand is to be collapsed, plates 40 can beswung forwardly to release the brace members.

For the purpose hereinafter appearing there is attached to the side ofeach of the brace members 34, a Z-shaped bracket 43 having an armextending upwardly and spaced from the brace. Attached to each bracemember is a pivot pin 45 extending inwardly thereof. Attached to eachpivot pin 45 is a hook 45 for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

Hinged to the upper end of the leg member II is a seat support member 59adapted to be assembled with the seat of a baby walker of the type shownin my Patents Nos. 2,115,257 and 2,360,483. To this end there isattached to the rear of the legs 52 adjacent their upper ends, hingeplates each provided with a horizontal hinge pin 52. Hinged to eachhinge pin 52 is a hinge plate 53. The hinge plates 53 are attached tothe underside of seat support 5!]. Seat support 5!] overlies the upperends of the legs 12 and extends rearw'ardly therefrom. Said seat isformed with a notch 52a to receive a cooperating seat member similar tothat shown in said patents and therefore not shown herein. Metal bars 54may be attached to the side edges of seat support 50 and extendrearwardly therefrom. Said metal bars 54 may be of angular transversecross-section being formed with inwardly extending horizontal flanges onwhich the cooperating seat member disclosed in said patents may restwhen assembled with seat support 58.

Means is provided to support the seat support 50 in horizontal position.To this end there is pivoted to each of the side bars 54 a brace 60. Thebraces (in are formed with outwardly bulged portions 6i at their lowerends. Adjacent the lower ends of said portion 5! is a transverse metalbar 62 riveted to said braces. The metal rod 62 is adapted to contactthe braces 34 and the lower ends of the braces iii! are adapted toengage within the brackets 43 thereby supporting the seat support Ed inhorizontal position. The hooks 46 are adapted to engage the rod 62 toprevent the braces 6E3 from accidentally becoming disengaged withrespect to the braces 34.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the stand is shown, in set upposition. In Figs. 4and 5 the stand is shown collapsed. In order to collapse the stand, thehooks 46 are first disengaged. Braces 6B are pulled upwardly there beingsufiicient clearance between the upper portion of leg l2 and theoverlying foreportion of the seat support 50 to permit the braces 68 tobe moved upwardly just enough to clear the braces 34. The plates arethen swung outwardly to disengage the braces 34. Said braces are thendisengaged from hooks 30 and laid down in crossing position on member I!in engagement with the hooks 25. The seat is allowed to hang and thebraces hang from the seat. Member I? is swung upwardly. Preferably theseat it when hanging contacts the outer side of m mber I? so as to keepthe latter from swinging downwardly again.

The stand I0 is provided with a foot rest 10. To this end there is fixedto the upper ends of legs l2 inwardly extending screws II. The screws Hare screwed into opposite edges of a foot support plate 12. Attached tothe lower end of plate 72 is a shelf or foot engaging plate 13. Pivotedto a side of plate 12 as at 14 is a brace 15 formed with notches l6.Said notches are adapted to engage pin 7'. fixed to the leg l2 andextending inwardly therefrom. The brace 15 will thus support the footrest in position for use. When the stand is to be collapsed, the brace75 may be disengaged from the pin 10 and the foot rest will then swingdown against member H.

The seat support 58 may be replaced by any other suitable type of highchair seat which will support a child, instead of being in the form of aseat adapted to receive the rear of a baby stroller such as shown in myabove-mentionedpatents.

In Fig, 8 there is shown a high chair Illa embodying the invention andcomprising a stand similar to the stand ID. The seat support 50 howeveris replaced by a complete babys high chair seat which may be similar tothe seat shown in my Patent No. 2,360,483. It may com- 40 prise a seatbottom 8!, a back 82, side arms 83,

a tray 84, and side walls 85. The chair 80 may either be collapsible orrigid as desired.

In Fig. 9 there is shown a modified construction. In Fig, 9 the bar 62is omitted. Instead there is attached to the inner side of each brace 60a bracket 99. Interconnecting the lower end of brace 60 with bracket isa horizontal rod 9| to be engaged by one of the hooks 48.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative .and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A stand comprising a'front leg member. brackets attached to saidfront leg member, a bottom member hinged to said brackets, braces onsaid bottom member, means on said front leg member to engage saidbraces, a seat support pivoted to the upper end of said front legmember, and braces hinged to said seat and engaging the first-mentionedbraces to support said seat in horizontal position.

2. A stand comprising a front leg member, a pair of brackets attached tothe lower end of the front leg member and extending rearwardlytherefrom, a bottom member hinged rearwardly of its forward end to saidbrackets, the forward end of said bottom member being adapted toconfront end to said front leg member, straps rotatact the floor whensaid bottom member is swung upwardly about the hinges which connect saidbottom member to said brackets, brace members interconnecting the rearof the bottom member with an upper portion of the front leg member, aseat pivoted adjacent its front end to the upper end of said front legmember, and brace means to support said seat in horizontal position,

3. A stand comprising a front leg member, a pair of brackets attached tothe lower end of the front leg member and extending rearwardlytherefrom, a bottom member hinged rearwardly of its forward end to saidbrackets, the forward end of said bottom member being adapted to contactthe floor when said bottom member is swung upwardly about the hingeswhich connect said bottom member to said brackets, brace membersinterconnecting the rear of the bottom member with an upper portion ofthe front leg member, a seat support pivoted adjacent its front end tothe upper end of said front leg member, and brace means to support saidseat support in horizontal position, said last means comprising a bracemeans hinged to the seat support and engaging said brace members.

4. A stand comprising a front leg member, a pair of brackets attached tothe lower end of the front leg member and extending rearwardlytherefrom, a bottom member hinged rearwardly p of its forward end tosaid brackets, the forward end of said bottom member being adapted tocontact the floor when said bottom member is swung upwardly about thehinges which connect said bottom member to said brackets, brace membersinterconnecting the rear of the bottom member with an upper portion ofthe front leg member, a seat support pivoted adjacent its front end tothe upper end of said front leg member, brace means to support said seatsupport in horizontal position, said last means comprising a brace meanshinged to the seat support and engaging said brace members, and means toprevent disengagement of said brace means from said brace members.

5. A stand comprising a front leg member, a pair of brackets attached tothe lower end of the front leg member and extending rearwardlytherefrom, a bottom member hinged rearwardly of its forward end to saidbrackets, the forward end of said bottom member being adapted to contactthe floor when said bottom member is swung upwardly about the hingeswhich connect said bottom member to said brackets, brace membersinterconnecting the rear of the bottom member with an upper portion ofthe front leg member, a seat support pivoted adjacent its front end tothe upper end of said front leg member, brace means to support said seatsupport in horizontal position, said last means comprising a brace meanshinged to the seat support and engaging said brace members, means toprevent disengagement of said brace means from said brace members, andmeans to prevent disengagement of said brace members with respect to thefront leg member.

6. In a high chair stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom memberhinged adjacent its front end to said front leg member, straps rotatablyand non-slidably mounted on said bottom member, braces hinged to saidstraps, pins on said front leg member, and means on said braces toengage said pins,

7. In a high chair stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom memberhinged adjacent its tably and non-slidably mounted on said bottommember, braces hinged to said straps, pins on said front leg member,means on said braces to engage said pins, and means hinged to the frontleg member and adapted to engage said braces to prevent the same frombecoming disengaged from said pins.

8. A high chair stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom memberhinged adjacent its front end to said front leg member, straps rotatablyand non-slidably mounted on said bottom member, braces hinged to saidstraps, pins on said front leg member, means on said braces to engagesaid pins, and means hinged to the front leg member and adapted toengage said braces to prevent the same from becoming disengaged fromsaid pins, a seat support pivoted to the upper end of the front legmember, a brace pivoted to said seat support, means on said first bracesto engage the lower end of said seat support brace.

9. A high chair stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom memberhinged adjacent its front end to said front leg member, straps rotatablyand non-slidably mounted on said bottom member, braces hinged to saidstraps, pins on said front leg member, means on said braces to engagesaid pins, means hinged to the front leg member and adapted to engagesaid braces to prevent the same from becoming disengaged from said pins,a seat pivoted to the upper end of the front leg member, a brace pivotedto said seat, means on said first braces to engage the lower end of saidseat brace, and hooks on the first braces adapted to engage the seatbrace.

lil. A stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom member hingedrearwardly of its forward end to the front leg member, said bottommember and front leg member having portions adapted to contact the floorwhen said bottom member is swung upwardly about its hinge members, meansto brace said bottom member to said front leg member, a seat supportmember hinged at its forward end to the upper end of said front leg 7member, and means for supporting the seat support in horizontalposition.

11. A stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom member hingedrearwardly of its forward end to the front leg member, said bottommember and front leg member having portions adapted to contact the floorwhen said bottom member is swung upwardly about its hinge members, meansto brace said bottom member to said front leg member, a seat supportmember hinged at its forward end to the upper end of said front legmember, means for supporting the seat support in horizontal position,and means to retain said brace means in bracing position.

12. A stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom member hingedrearwardly of the forward end thereof to the front leg member, saidbottom member and front leg member having portions adapted to contactthe floor when said bottom member is swung upwardly about its hingemembers, means to brace said bottom member to said front leg member, aseat support hinged at its forward end to the upper end of said frontleg member, means for supporting the seat support in horizontalposition, means to retain said brace means in bracing position, and legmeans on said bottom member adapted to contact the floor when saidbottom member is in horizontal position.

13. A stand comprising a front leg member, a bottom member hingedrearwardly of its forward end to the front leg member, said bottommemberand front leg member having portions adapted to contact the floorwhen said bottom member is swung upwardly about its hinge members, meansto brace said bottom member to said front leg members, a seat memberhinged at its forward end to the upper end of said front leg member,means for supporting the seat in horizontal position, means to retainsaid brace means in bracing position, and leg means on said bottommember adapted to contact the floor when said bottom member is inhorizontal position, said brace means comprising a pair of braces hingedto a rotatable member on said bottom member and adapted to be moved to aposition where they cross each other and lie against said bottom member.

14. A high chair comprising a front leg member, a bottom member hingedrearwardly of its forward end to the front leg member and extend- 20BENJAMIN FELSHER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileof-this-patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 336,156 Pursell Feb. 16, 18861,187,483 Barschow June 20, 1916 2,115,257 Felsher Apr. 26, 19382,360,483 Felsher Oct. 17, 1944

